Corinne at Cape Misenum explained

Corinne au Cap Misène
Artist:François Gérard
Year:1819–1821
Medium:oil on canvas
Height Metric:256.5
Width Metric:277
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
Museum:Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon
City:Lyon

Corinne at Cape Misenum is an oil-on-canvas painting by the French artist François Gérard, created in 1819–1821. It depicts the title character from Corinne, an 1808 novel by Madame de Stael, at Cape Miseno, focusing on an Ancient Greek poet. The painting is held now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Guide MBAL. MBAL et Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 1998 (French)